Senators vote to ban earmarks then grab them
More than two dozen senators mostly Republicans vote to ban home state projects while pursuing hundreds of earmarks in a $1.3 trillion federal funding bill. GOP leaders attack the measure as pork filled though few remove their own earmarks. Mitch McConnell lists 38 earmarks including funds for Fort Knox railhead and a Fort Campbell infantry course.
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California moves toward first cap and trade system
California advances a state cap and trade plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions by issuing permits to utilities and refineries and creating a buying selling marketplace. The plan aims to spur clean tech jobs, fund air programs, and potentially raise electricity costs subject to state approval.
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Oklahoma executes inmate with new drug mix
In Mcalester Oklahoma John David Duty 58 was pronounced dead at 6 18 p m after a sentence for strangling his cellmate. Officials used a pentobarbital based formula amid a national shortage claiming no issues with the drug. Duty apologized to the victim family before the execution and spoke of forgiveness.
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